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GAZETII oftht UNITED STATES.
PHILADELPHIA-.
MOND/A EVENING, AUGUST 15.
Bv the arrival of a veflel at Wilmington, in 41 days
from Havre-de-Grace, wehave receivtS from aCorref
pondent at Paris files of Le Mejfager du Soir and feve
•ralother Paris papers, compleat to June 4. Tho 5 lift
so late as papers before received, they may serve to fill
up many chasms in cur intelligence from thence. We (
ftiall occasionally detail from them filch articles as ap
pear to be interesting. , '
SUSPENSION OF KOSTIIITIES. '
We hear that a vessel is arrived at Baltimore, '
from London, and has brought pape.s to June 28, 1
containing ace*unts of a deflation of Hoftilitic* 1
between, prance atid Auftri* • ■■ that M,mheim,
and some other strong potts were delivered up byJ '
the latter as pledges, 'till a peace lli It oe concluded.'
BY THIS DAY's MAILS.
NEW-YORK, August. 13.
We learn from the weltern counties of this (late,
that the grass and wheafharvefts have been very
abundant; and that thejr expeftto receive ca(h for
their beef at the western poll?, now in pwffeffiyii
of the Americans.
CapU Hubbel, arrived yesterday, in t8 days
froifl St. Thomas, informs, that on the 12th July,
an engagement took place off the island of St. Mai
tins, between a French frigate of 44 guns, and
two Englifli sloops of war, one of 26, and the o
ther of 28 guns; but the Frenchmen beat them
off. Shortly after an English Irigate of 32 guns
bore down upon her, but a squall coming on sepa
rated them.
BOSTON, August 9.
Capt. Felt, arrived yesterday in 53 days from
Cadiz. Admiral Richery with his fleet was (till
* "lying there, though the English fleet had cleDfted
from cruizing-before the hatbour. Admiral Rich
ery, it was said, was waiting for orders from France.
The Spaniards were very averse to any measures
{hat might incur a war with England; and were
determined to be extremely ex<i& in observing their
neutral duties, and to avoid the charge of partial
ity.
Capt. M'Lellan, 8 days from Bermuda, informs
us. that the Bermudiahs are actually quitting she
bnfinefs of privateering, which they have so infa-
Wufly profevuted'tt) the detriment of our com
merce for a long period. Most of their privateers
are already hauled up, and they dismantle everyone
agitarrivesj Thereafon of this sudden change of
condudt, is the panic by which they are ftruclj by
the news of the reversal of some of their Vice
■ Arairalty decrees. Reports were current, that
writs of attachment had arrived, and weie about
being executed upon the property of some . of the
principal privateerfmen. v
It was said that a epidemic fevei raged with
. violence at the town of Somerset.
fjL Capt. Cottle has arrived from Martinique, since
our lad, in 22 days paffa_g£. Nothing of material
importance had occurred, or war fcwwn
General Abercrombie was ft ill at the island. No
particular expedition was talked of. The Enghlh
at St. Lucia were much annoyed by the runaway
blacks, mulattoes and the French who escaped to
the mountains on the capture of the island. They
commit continual violences, with almost complete
impunity, flying .to the bufheg afterthe perpetration
of any atrocity. Markets were bad.
,- SALEM (Mass) August 9.
Capt. John Barton, fiom Rochcfort, informs,
that the celebiated Captain Barney, late of. Bal
timore, has the command of a fquaijron of frigates,
eight in number, that were to fail in a few days
from that port on a fee ret expedition, and were to
be joined by three more from an adjacent port,' It
was conjectured the Weft-Indies was their dedica
tion. Captain Barney has often declared his anxi
ous desire of vifitingthat " feat of infamy," Ber
muda; and is may not be a falfe prophecy to pre
dift the long-wilhed for deft rudion of this place
by the above squadron ; as Captain B. has a few
atreai ages'to pay to some of the inhabitants of this
iflan/t. ... —
[Captain John Barton, lately from France, has
furniftied us with a file of French papers for the
months of April and May. They are not so late
by twenty days as some we have fees, but they
contain the following accounts.] *
PARIS, April 9.
There is a letter of Gen. Willet tp Hoche,
printed, which contains the most severe reproaches
againit that officer for treachery. He fays, I had
nothing to do, but fight. Upon your orders I
have acccpted their fubmifiions, and having fubtnit
you have ordered them to be arretted !
fs " J The celebrated astronomer, De La Lande, has
irckoned the inhabitants of our globe atathoufand
V j jnillions. I Pro'ny fixes the population of t France °at
twenty-five millions, fix hundred thousand.
May 25.
A writer observes, that of the* late, confpkacy
in Pjiris, the administration had shewn every thing
but the head. Ip regard to their own proclama
tion, that they seem bound to (hew tire whole, that*
- the public may do honor to their discovery, and
may know the greatness of their salvation.
May 28.
y Beaulieu has flc i. 'He inundated all the country,
to avoid our pursuits. The inhabitants, whom he
Las almost ruined by this inundation, speak of him
with the greatest rcfentment.
FRANKFORT.
We hear from Vienna that the Famous Baron de
Tauferer, who had been tried, since his recall from
tjie army of Italy, lias been sent a" prisoner to Al
muU.
ROME.
The holy facramcnt 7>aß been brought out, and
the bells are slj founding, the relics are carried
round the city,- that God might prevent Buona
parte from coming to Rome.
GENOA, May 6. .
General Laharp# has puMifheJ a proclamation
of April 27, addressed to the inhabitants of d'Al
ba, Mondovl and Aqui, by which he direfta' all
the communes who are in favor of republican orin
ciplcs, to give proof of it, by their compliance
with the following articles—
1. There (hall be raised in the communes, a tree
of liberty, ov?r which (hall be mounted a red cap.
The tri coloured flag (hall be displayed from the
steeples, the Cyndic and Counsellors (hall wear a
Hi-coloured scars, and all the people a national
cockade.
2. The resident priest (hall make a discourse to
his parishioners upon the desire of the French to
live ivi peace with the Piedmontefe. He (hall allure
the people of the free enjoyment of religion,
and of the f.tfely of their persons and property.
exhort them to conform fttiftly to the
law.
3. No perfan (hall be obliged to pay to the no
bles, or any person employed in the government*
any contribution under any pretence whatever.
4 Every good citizen and friend of peace, (hall
recal his friends from the service of the enemv.
5. All the communes (hall communicate this
proclamation to each other, and aflift its execution.
All who counteradl it, (hall be deemed enemies of
the French Republic.
6. The General declares him unworthy of the
name of a Fienchman, who shall dare to offer the
Isalt insult to the communes who declare for peace.
TURIN, May 22.
Oenef'al Beaulieu, purfaed by the indefatigable
Buonaparte, has passed the Venetian territory, and
we believe he is already upon the entrance of Ty
rol. The French General has prepared to fend to
the Direflory, 60 paintings of Corregio, Michael
Angelo, and other firft matters. So formerly Me
tellus sent to Rome the pi&ures and vases of Co
rinth.
A fa 3 charafleriflic of the times.
We learn that the legislative body decreed for
the 10th of this month, a kind of Te Deui* for
the national viStories, jrnd that this fealt (hotild be
celebrated with the exhibition of a battle. But
they were forced to change their plan, because the
French soldiers would not even aft the refcmblance
of a retreat. We think this anecdote is so linking
as to deserve to be told.
HAGUE, May Is.
It appears that what has been said of the Prussi
an troops in Westphalia has been exaggerated.
They do not exceed 20,000.
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Philadelphia,
* Monday evening, august 15.
[TRANSLATION.],
To the Editor of the Aurora.
Philadelphia, 26th Thermidcr, 4th
year of the French Republic.
Sm,
I request you to insert in one of your earliest
numbers, the following declaration relative to the
occurrences at the Hospital of the French Repub
lic in Philadelphia.
This declaration will set right a paragraph in the
Coufur Francois of Philadelphia of the > .miU
rtr which so.roe of ihefadls havebeen mifreprefenired-
The Mini/ler Plenipotentiary of ,the French
Republic.
P. A. ADET.
A paragraph inferred in the Courier Francais
pointed at Philadelphia the [ 3th of August 1796
(O. S.) places in a falfe light the conduct of the
Governor and of the Magillrates of Philadelphia,
in regard to the attack made on the hospital of
the French Republic by woikmen in the neigh
bourhood.
. Sever.il of the guilty ha-ebeen taken up, and will
no douht receive the punishment they deserve. His
excellency the Governor of Pent.fylvania and Mr.
Clarkfon Philadelphia, u.ider application
to them, immediately tciok the necessary measures
to prevent all diftmbance, and if the means of re
prefling'any iiforderthat might occur were no: of
tenfive, they were, on 'hat account, the more sure.
The writer of the paragraph alluded to has been
mifinformed, and is its appearance in Fiesch might
lend the publia to believe, that it was concerted
with the agents of the French Republic, 1 think
it inccn\tjent on me to declare, that far from having
experienced a denial ofjuftice from the magistrates
of the State of Pennsylvania, I reeeived from them,
upon this occasion,' unequivocal testimonies of the
most ready zeal ; and that I in consequence
returned them officially my thanks, particularly to
his Excellency the Governor, who gave himfelf
the trouble ofperfonally attending on the spot.
Philadelphia 26th Thermidor, 4th year of the
1 French Republic, one and indivisible.
The Minifier Plenipotentiary as the French Re
public near the United States of North A
merica.
P. A. ADET.
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Philadelphia, Augufl 1, 1796.
Gentlemen, •
THE Merchants of this city have'for some
time palt beheld with regret a regulation, enforced
by a proclamation of the Governor, obliging eve
ry vessel coming from any part in the Weft-Indies
to perform a quarantine of five days, although the
port from which (he failed may not have had any
infectious disease ; and that no petfon on board was
at the time of arrival, or at any time dining the
passage, labouring under any such disorder. The
intention of the law which veiled so an pie a dif
cretion in the Gavsrnor. was, no donjit, intended
to prevent the importation of infectious diseases ;
and the preservation of the health of the citizens
is of so much more importance than any pecuniary
loss or embarrafmeut of the merchants, that they
have'fubmiited to the regulation, howeverunneetf
fary in thfir opinion, father than make themselves
responsible for the consequences that might arifc
from any alteration. They always retained the
hope,' however, that the neceflry of such a regula
tion would either have been demonstrated, or that
one less injurious to their interests, and equally ef
ficacious to the end in view, would be adopted.— j
Tsut fin-ling the proMV'tim continued, tnd not
being able to fattsfy themfelvcs of its necefiity,
duty to themselves and to the community, irnpcll«
them to reprefeot—idly, That there are many of
the ports in the Weft-Indiei,. as heajthy and as
free from infedtioui diseases as the" city of Phila
(1-lphia. 2dly, That where vefTels have been heal
thy during the pafiage, and continued to be so on
their artival, there can be no danger from their
being admitted to pass in the com fe of twenty
four hours, in which time fati*fa&ory evidence
might be had that no impofiiie'n was intended?
jd!y, rll p.t the detention of parsons artifriig in
perfect health, confined to the narrow limits of a
vefTel, ar.d impatient to be with their families and
friends, is calculated to produce the very end that
is intended to be guarded against—sickness and
disease. 4'l>ly, That upon every moderate com
putatiiui, taking one vessel with another, there
(will be dii attual lots of at least one dol
lars; and if the whale number shall amount as com
puted to five hundred, the aggregate will be fifty
thousand dollars, 3 loss too great to be (übmitted
to, except it (liall be juftified by the necessity of the
cafe.
While they suggest these alterations to the board
of health, it is not their wish that they (hould be
adopted the fulleft consideration, and the
advice of fttch Phyfivians as would be competent
to advise on so important a fabjeft. If after such
consideration a«d advice, these or other regu
lations less injurious to them, and equally efficaci
ous in preventing the introdu&ion of jnftftioua
diseases, can be adopted, or even the existing ones
Hiall be determined to be necessary, they will reit
fatisfied.
We have .thought it .refpe&ftll, and mod likely
to obtain a candid re-con fid erat ion of the lubjeft,
to addreis ourfelres to you ; we do it in the fulleft
confidence that you will immediately take it into
consideration, and do therein what shall appear to
be proper.
(Signed)
James Yard, Conynglvani, Nefbitt & Co. L-tvi
nus ClarkfOn, Johti Barclay, Thomas Fi ijfim'otis,
Peter Blight, Stephen Girard, John Craig, Wil
liam Cramond, John Gardiner, jun. John Leairy,
Joseph Ball, Daniel Smith, William Bell, Standifh
Forde, James Crawford, Robert Ralltou.
(Copy.)
Health-Office, Augujl 4, 1796.
" Tiie Board entered into a conliJeration of the
address from the merchants, relative to an altera
tion in the regulations relpefting quarantine; and
after mature deliberation, came to the following
refolntion
" Resolved, as vhe opinion of the Board, that
they cannot confidently with the duty they owe
theii- fellow-citizens, recommend to the Governor
any alteration in the exifling quarantine."
Extract from the minutes.
THOMAS P. COPE, -Sec'ry.
Health-Office, Augujl 4, 1796.
Sir,
THE lnfpe£tors of the -Health Office of the,
port of Philadelphia, acknowledge the receipt ol
the - Mrefs from sundry refpedable merchants of
tlffirci'fyi Whilst tfiey regret the exptnee occa- ]
fionedhy the quarantine indifcriminatrly laid 01
all vcfiila from the Weft Indies, See. (as'exprefft J
in the Governor'? Proclamation)' they cannot con
fidently with the duties of their appointment, an'
the regard they owe the health of their fellow
citizens, recommend a partial exemption of vcflcls
implicated therein.
We transmit you a copy of the resolution of this
board on the fubjedt, to be laid before the fub
fcribeis to said address.
Signed by order of the Board.
LEVI HOLLINGSWORTH, Chairman.
R. Ralston, Esq. '
WILMINGTON, Augnft 11.
Weji Point, Augujl 7, 1796.
Messrs. Printers,
I reqtieft the favor of your inserting the copy of
a letter received at this garrison from Fort Ofwego,
for the better information of those who queflion
({ill whether the British will furrenderthe Potts,
With rtfpeft I am,
Gentlemen,
Your mod obedient Servant,
LEWIS COUSARD, ~)
Major of the 2d battalion of Artilleiifts i
and Engineers. J
Fert Ontario or Ofiutgo, July 16, 1796. *
'Twas not 'till'the 14th ihft. that we en
tered this fort. Capt. Thomas Clarke whacom
manded here, had left it some hours before we ar
rived. Lieut Elmer, on account of some bufmefs
had pafied the preceding day and night in the fort.
Immediately after we entered the fort, we an
nounced it to every body and thing within hear
ing, by the discharge of 15 cannon, and'by display
ing the American colours. We are all here at
Idngthi having waited fix days at Ofwego Falls for
Capt. Clarke to take away some ot his Majesty's
(lores, for which purpose a Kingston vessel had
been hourly expected. We find the gardens left i*
good order, containing large quantities of vegeta
bles. In short, Capt. Clarke's whole conduct has
been that of prudence, politeness and benevulence.
He hag diitributed among our officers two sheep, a
bear, a several cats, and snow-shoes. We
find a plenty*>f tables, some chairs and other valu
able articles- The fort is situated on a high and
commanding ground, near, an(i in full view of tfce
grand lake Ontario. L' eut * 'Rowan, ant! Doctor
Rhodes remain here. The fort is a regular penta
gon, with five bafliotis, and accommodations for
300 men, besides store-houses, (tables, &c. The
whole would make a most handsome appearance,
if the works were not old and in a date of decay.
CONCORD, (N. H.) August 2.
On Sunday before lai', the barn of Mr.-Jonathan
Courser, of Bofcawen, was burnt by lightning,
containing about 40't0ns of hay ; it is worthy imi
tation, and with pleasure we meatirtn, that the.phi
'lanthropic inhabitantshad, on Thursday lall,
| completed a nfw barn fur Mr, Conrfer, 32 hy 6o»
from timber' which was Handing the morning after
the fire—in addition, tluy have subscribed grass to
make up his deficiency of h«r-—this conduct is ad»
mirabte->-lhia ii GODLIKE !
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE LIST.
PHILADELPHIA, Autff i 5»
By the Times, London paper, of J>ine 4, we find that
the brig Peggy, Hycr, (mentioned in our paper of Fri
day to have been loft in the Britifli channel) is aJhore on
Portland Beach. The captain and fix of the crew were
unfortunately drowned.
Ihe Major Pinckney, an American {hip, arrived at
London th 6 4th June from bengal.
She left Bengal the Bth of April •
The Washington hat! failed forLifbon.
Brig Sally, capt MitehbH, menlioned in Priday'i
Gazette as beitig in the Delaware fro~,Havre- de-Grace
is gone into Wilmington.—She had 42 day's pafljge.
A Snow belonging :o Ballon from is below.
ARRIVED,
DAYS
Ship A&ive, Robertfon, St. 44
Snow Ann & Mary, Smith) Lifboq 63
Brig Abigail, Lake, leremie 15
Schr. Peggy, Lytie3, Jertmie it
Friendship, Gardner, N. 9
Schh Three Jofeplr's, Henry, Bermuda 12
Lnuifa»Shorer, North-C.irohna II
Maria, Martila, Virginia 13
Sifters, Jackson', do.
' Lucretia, Harper, Portland io
Sloop Harmony, Elwood, Alexandria 14
Sally, Potter, Richmond 5
Nancy, Bowles, Portfrnouth n
Sloop Nancy*, Howard, for St. Domingo returned
in diftref6'
Arrived at the Fort.
Brig Ifahella & Ann, Hawkins, Port-au Prince.
CLEARED.
Brig Betsey, Memminger, Hil'pinioll
Twins, Keeler, St. Croix
Betsey, Holt, Jamaica
Mary, Callender, St. Thomas
Brig Abigail, Phdan, London.
Anna, Mafiat, St. Barthtdemcws
Mary & Elizabetl), Cook, Port au-Pmce
Molly, Medlin, Port au-Prjnce
Schr. Dolphin, T ice, St. Thomas
Schr.. Mary, Hacket, New Orleans
Ifahella, Clifton, St. Bartholomews
Mountain Leader, Collins, Jairaica
Virginia & Phdadelphia Packet, Haltet, Norfolk
Sally, Harfland,' Wilmington. N C.
Schr. Betsey, Hollon, Shockly, Km ,! <m
Neptune, Pgife, Saviuuajv
Sloop Eltza, J ckfop, New-York
Arrivals at Bojion, Augujt 10.
Brig Minerva, BrawnjoliH, Aus-Cayej
Orlando, tarfuns, , Copcri!'tn
Minerva, Hinklcy, Liy. r; 1
Lion, Fyett, C: z
Schr. Atlantic, Cotde Marti: o-
Sally, Ja:i ion
LelJan, • B> r ■.»
Sally, Donalds, Barring n
The Minerva. Cutts, of Boston ; General WafhingV n,
Pierce, Philadelphia ; Poly & Harriet, Ahram.*. of B; »
ton; Faflor, Ken>p, ot New-York; Peggy &• Polly,j? e
venfon, of Boston ; Miosrva, Long, Philadelphia; N«r
cy, Cumming, ditto; Ipduftry, Steward, ditto; and
_i'aJ)ny, Wnftiu otNcw-i rk iCadi-5 ficco
jt • i - Z- t~
Arrivals at Nevj-1 ork.—Auguji T 3
tSrig Hannah Sc Mary, Riddle, Bristol 60
Julia . . Jai-.arca 33
Sloop-Endeavor, Hubjjle, St. Thumns's 1$
PLYMOUTH, (eng.) Jtlne 1.
CameTn tht American briji J> ntiha, of Btvcrly,
Ebenezor Gi es, Mailer, tri m S lea, on tie o.ft
of Bafbaiy, laden with wheat, boifnd to Lo< dor :
the has flnfjed het cargo', and is very leaky., nrrali.
oned by the heavy"seas in a late ga'e of wind, w
obliged Fy;r tv> bear up for this port: (he has beeil
thirty fix days on her voyage.
deal, June 2.
Arrived and failed for the River the Jenny,
from New.York. Sailed the Rjcoon
sloop on a crtiize. Remain therett as per la'fl, iviih
Dominica, Finley, for Jamaica ; Chermille/Duun,
and Cheftetfield, Nicol, for the South Seas. Wind
S. E.
I _i _ v . 4
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A middle-aged orhan
WHO has been used to the care of children, nd can
give reference for her, reputation, miy hear ©f a
place, as child's maid, by applying to the Printer
Jff- >5 . § _
Apprentice wanted
TO CARVING ai\d gilding
Alfcuth about 14, of refpedable parents and can y
well recommended. None other need apply
Enquire of the Printer. Am?* 1 It
TOR •
The Cargo of the ship Potomack Chief, confiding of '
450 Hhds. Tobacco,
chiefly from the upper warehOuses on South Potomac, an J
of 'a good quality.
This (hip is chartered to proceed to falmeuth and one
port in Europe without the Streights and Baltick a 6jf.
fttrling Freight and ; per cent, primajre, and will be clear
to fail by the 25th inft, fr«m Alexandria
For terms apply to EMANUEL WALKFR.
Aug. 11 tm&w
L ANDS7 ~
•In Harrifon county, Virginia, for Sale.
FOtJR Trads costainingsooo acres each, and a moiety
of one other traift of 5000 acres, all iituated on the
waters of Elk ahd Hughes's river.
For further particulars enquire at No. Jo ChefuUt-fl reet,
where the Patents may be i'een. -
Aug. .6 fw&nj^t
Spanf/h Treaty Ratified.
THIS DAY, Published by J. ORMKOD, fCp. 41,
C MESNUT-bTREiT, in a handsome pamhlet.
(Price ia and 1-2 Cents. )
A TREATT of FRIENDSHIP, LIMITS &
NAVIGATION,
BETWEEN the United States of America, and his
Catholic Majesty—with the President's Proclamation
announcing its ratification.
ORMROD has lately Pnhlifhed the British andAl
gerine Treatiei, which match in f'rze with the above.
Also, Burke's celebrated letter to the Duke x>f Bcd»
iord, !ind barton's answer to Prioftj^yi
ABguft 13. 4tsmw&f.
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